Shoe for pressing-iron stands.



F. HEMERY. SHOE FOB. PRESSING IRON STANDS.

' Patented June 28, 1910.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 3, 1908.

HHHHHHUIHHM I. UNITE S ATES.

SHOE FOR PRESSI Specifica'tion of To whom mag concern:

- My invention Be it'known that I, FRANK E. Emmi, a citizen of the=United States, residing. at New York,-cou nty of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes for Pressing- Iron Stands, of which the following is a specification.

: relates-to shoes for pressing iron stands.

' In certain earlier Patents Numbers 913,480

and 913,481, dated February 23, 190%), I

have disclosed certainimprovements in automatic switches and stands for pressing irons,

.such stands being provided with a shoe on which the pressing lron is placed, and switch 'mechm'lism is p y p 'edr to cool) crate witlr contacts on the pressing iron when the latter is in proper position on the shoe so that the-j electrical current will traverse the heating element of the pressing .iron. In placing the pressing iron on the stand, orin removing it therefrom, there is liability of accidental engagement of the contacts on the pressing iron onthe iron :With, theswitch mechanism, causing short circuiting. The present 1nvention has for its ob ect the provision of a. nove1 shoe for pressing :iron stands, which is particularly designed.

for use in connection with stands and automatic switches made according to the inven'tions set forth in the aforesaid patents,

Y which will prevent accidental engagement of the pressing iron contacts or the iron with the switch mechanlsm when the pressing iron is being placed on the stand orlemoved therefrom, thereby making it impossible for tain predetermine a careless operator to accldentally complete the circuit or for the circuit to be completed except when the pressing iron is in a cerposition on the shoe.

Incarrying out the invention, I provide a shoe having guards to prevent lateral movement of the pressing iron while on the stand and also to limit the extent of the vertical movement thereof, and whereby the -pressing iron is guided to-its proper position when being placed on the shoe and is guided in 'its removal from the shoe.

The invention is set forth hereinafter and the novel features are recited in .the ape;

pended claims.

- In the accompanying drawings :Figure -1' is a view of apart of an automatic switch Application filegl necember 3, 1 908. Serial No, 465, 81. I

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Letters n Patented June 28, 1910. I

partly broken away. In the drawings, I have shown only so much of the structures set forth in my aforesaid Patents, 913,480 and 913,481 as will give a clear understanding of the pur pose. of theinvention.

The stand proper is shown at 1, from which rise arched 'frame's'f and (5', tothc :of-the'shoe; and Fig. 3, a'plan view thereof,

8, whichcarry contact blocks 9 at their outer ends suitably insulated therefrom; Springs 12 around stationary pins 13 projecting upslots in the-switch arms 8, normally hold the switch arms in raised position.

' Slidable'and rotatable in a suitable bearing in theupper part of frame 5 is a rod29 carrying a' combined arm and signal 36. The rod 29 is spring-actuated and when the pressing iron 15, on placing the latter on the stand, the switch arms 8 are thrown adapted to engage contacts 17 on the pressing iron, said contacts 17 being in circuit pressing iron,'and consequently, the pressing iron is hcated bythe'electrical current.

The'construction thus far described forms no partof the-present invention, except in its general relation to the construction of the Shoe now being claimed.

My improved shoe-3 rests upon the stand ing iron and they 'are provided. with inare adaptedto overhang the pressing iron.

is entered at the back thereof and slid for- 'wardly, the flanges 23..then overhanging the ressing iron and'preventing it from being vertically, while the. guards 22 prevent lateral movement of said pressinggn'on and pressing iron stand equipped with downwardly so that their contacts 9 are with the heating element or medium of the slightly greater than thehcight' of. the'press n'esent invention: F i 2 a rear elevation former of which'are pivoted the switch arms wardlyfrom said" arch (l and passing throu h arm 36 is in position to be engaged by the 1 and is suitably secured thereto, the shoe wardly extending retaining flanges 23 which In placing the pressing iron on the shoe, it

goi sequeiitly, .it' is impossible law; I

- cuit cannot occur on removing thepressing iron from the shoe. The-guards 22 guide the pressing ironwhen it is being placed on the shoe or removed therefrom. a

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as newand desire to secure by Let,-

ters Patent, is

-1. The'combination with an electrically heated pressing iron haying contacts, of a shoe adapted to receive said pres'sm iron,

electrical' switch mechanism located a jacent' the shoe and provided with movable com tacts adapted to engage the contactson the pressing iron whenthe latter is fully on the shoe, said switch mechanism being provided with means positioned for'actuatlon'by the pressing iron when the latter is placed on the shoe, ,to cause engagement of the contacts aforesaid, said shoehaving' means forsulr' stantially preventin vertica'l movement of .the pressing iron w en being placed on or removed from the shoe, thus preventing'acci dental engagement of the 'movable'contacts ing'iron when the latter isplaccd on the 'shoe' ,"to cause engagement of said contacts, saidg shoe having "upright guards provided with'linwardly projecting parts with the pressing iron; i

'2. The combination with'ian electrically heated pressing iron .havin 'contacts,of a. shoe adapted to receive saic l pressin .iron, electrical switch mechanism located a jacent the shoe and provided with movahle contacts.-

adapted to engage-the contacts on the pressing iron when the latter is fully onthe shoe, said switch mechanism being provided with means'positioned for actuation by the pressing iron when the latter is laced on the shoe, to cause engagement of t e contacts aforesaid, said shoe having .meansfor substantially preventing lateral movement-of the pressing iron when being placed on or removed from the shoe, thus preventing accidental engagement of the movable contacts with the pressing iron. "-s- 3. The combination with .an electrically heated pressing-iron having "contacts, of a shoe adapted to receive said pressing iron,

. electrical switch-mechanism located adj accnt the shoe and provided with movable contacts adapted to engage the contacts on the pressing--iron when the latter is fully on the shoe, said switch mechanism'being provided with means positioned for actuation by the prcssing" iron when the latter. is placed on the shoe, to --cause engagement. of the contacts aforesaid, said shoe having means for substantially preventing both vertical and lateral movements of the pressing iron when the latter is being placed on or removed from the shoe, thus preventing accidental engagementof the movable, contacts with the pressmg Iron. 1

4.1;The" combination with an electrically heated pressing iron having contacts, of a-- shoe-adapted to-rece1ve 531d pressing 1ron,.

mea'iis positionedjor actuation by, the pressw nch over-1 hang "the pressing iron'and su"stantial1y 7 prevent both lateral and vertical movements of the pressing ironwh 'en on the shoe, thus preventing accidental engagement of the contacts with the pressing iron.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature in' presence of two witnesses.

I 'FRANK EMERY.

Witnesses:

. J osnr r A. Cos'rsnno, FRANK Dnrnw.

to engage the contacts 'on thepressing iron when}; fully on the shoe and provided with 

